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Rockefeller Center

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Rockefeller Center

Rockefeller Center is a complex of 19 commercial buildings in midtown Manhattan, stretching from 48th to 51st Streets between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It's one of the largest private building projects ever undertaken and

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Grand Central Station

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Grand Central Station

Grand Central Terminal is one of the world's most famous train stations and one of New York City's most visited landmarks. It opened on February 2, 1913, at 12:01 AM, and 150,000 people showed up on the first day to see

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Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, known to New Yorkers simply as "the Met," is one of the largest and most comprehensive art museums in the world. It sits along the eastern edge of Central Park on Fifth Avenue, part of the

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Bow Bridge

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Bow Bridge

Bow Bridge is the most photographed bridge in Central Park and one of the most romantic spots in New York City. Its graceful cast-iron arch spans the Lake, connecting Cherry Hill to the Ramble. The bridge was designed b

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Cherry Lane Theatre

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Cherry Lane Theatre

The Cherry Lane Theatre is the oldest continuously running off-Broadway theatre in New York City, tucked into a quiet bend of Commerce Street in Greenwich Village. The building dates to 1817, when it was a farm silo. Ov

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Washington Square Arch

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Washington Square Arch

Washington Square Arch is a white marble triumphal arch standing at the northern end of Washington Square Park, marking the southern terminus of Fifth Avenue. It's one of the most recognized landmarks in Greenwich Villag

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Chrysler Building

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Chrysler Building

The Chrysler Building is one of the most beloved skyscrapers in the world and a masterpiece of Art Deco design. Rising 1,048 feet above Lexington Avenue in midtown Manhattan, it has been a defining feature of the New Yor

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New York Public Library

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New York Public Library

The New York Public Library's main branch, the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, is one of the most magnificent public buildings in the United States. Sitting on Fifth Avenue between 40th and 42nd Streets, directly behind

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NYU Elmer Holmes Bobst Library

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NYU Elmer Holmes Bobst Library

The Elmer Holmes Bobst Library is the flagship of New York University's library system and one of the most striking modernist buildings in Greenwich Village. Rising 12 storeys above Washington Square South, it holds the

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Fiorello H. LaGuardia Monument

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Fiorello H. LaGuardia Monument

The Fiorello H. LaGuardia Monument is a bronze sculpture in LaGuardia Place Gardens in Greenwich Village, depicting one of New York City's most beloved mayors in characteristic mid-stride, gesticulating and talking, exac

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Strawberry Fields

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Strawberry Fields

Strawberry Fields is a quiet, landscaped section of Central Park dedicated to the memory of John Lennon, who was shot and killed outside his home at the Dakota apartment building on December 8, 1980. The memorial is dire

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American Museum of Natural History

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American Museum of Natural History

The American Museum of Natural History is one of the largest museums in the world, occupying 25 interconnected buildings spread across four city blocks on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. It has been a New York institut

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Hans Christian Andersen Monument

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Hans Christian Andersen Monument

The Hans Christian Andersen Monument sits on the west side of Conservatory Water in Central Park, depicting the Danish fairy tale author with an open book on his knee and his most famous creation, the Ugly Duckling, at h

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 Bethesda Terrace

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Bethesda Terrace

Bethesda Terrace is the architectural heart of Central Park, a grand two-level terrace overlooking the Lake with a ceremonial staircase, an ornate arcade, and the famous Angel of the Waters fountain at its centre. The t

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Central Park

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Central Park

Central Park is a 843-acre rectangle of green in the middle of Manhattan, stretching from 59th Street to 110th Street between Fifth Avenue and Central Park West. It is the most visited urban park in the United States, dr

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Central Prk W

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Central Prk W

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Belvedere Castle

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Belvedere Castle

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Oak Bridge

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Oak Bridge

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 Borough Hall

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Borough Hall

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Columbus Park

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Columbus Park

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